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    Alcohol License Moratorium Zones

    Metadata Updated: April 15, 2026

    An ABCA moratorium zone is a defined area in DC where the Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration Board has:

    • Limited the number of alcoholic beverage licenses issued;

    • Declared a moratorium on the issuance of alcoholic beverage licenses of any class;

    • Declared a moratorium on the issuance of amended licenses that constitute a substantial change; and/or

    • Declared a moratorium to limit the sale of products that may be sold by off-premises retailer’s licenses class A and B.

    Any group with standing may make a request to the Board to issue limitations or to declare a moratorium, pursuant to the District of Columbia Official Code Title 25 Section 351, as found in the ABCA Laws and Regulations. Any moratorium issued by the Board will not apply to existing licenses.

    There are several neighborhood moratoriums in effect in DC:

    Complete details on moratoriums may be reviewed in both DC Official Code Title 25 Chapter 3 and DC Municipal Regulations Title 23 Section 303, as found in the ABCA Laws and Regulations.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 15, 2026
    Publisher Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Administration
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    Data First Published 2017-11-06T18:22:02.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-10T00:00:00.000Z
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    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::alcohol-license-moratorium-zones
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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